Wordless books : the original graphic novels

David Berona has produced an interesting survey of early twentieth century wordless novels, and does so in a lavish package that is visually breathtaking at points. On some level, Berona's accomplishment is really the compilation of this material by various premier artists of the genre; the

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compiler's commentary and interpretation of the works presented is not particularly valuable in its own right. But whatever the analysis lacks is counterbalanced by the reproductions of the illustrations themselves, and given that they were originally drawn from "stories without words", the lack of a coherent overarching narrative is a minor failing.

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